On February 18, 2021, the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes – cE3c and COST-Circular City organize an open day on Urban Ecology: a series of webinars with international experts in the field of Urban Ecology. Via Zoom – registration required HERE.For detailed information click HERE In these webinars, we will present the approaches […]
Please note that the procedures are adapted to take into account the COVID-19 pandemic. Rules for application General rules are described in the COST Vademecum. Here the specific rules, as decided by the Action are outlined. Due to COVID-19, the duration of this Grant Period (GP) has been extended to October 2021. STSMs have a […]
All training schools have been postponed and are planned to be held between January and March 2021. Currently the following training schools supported by Circular City are planned: “Urban Ecology: the green within the city”, 15-19 Feb 2021, Lisbon, Portugal “Investigating opportunities and challenges for nature based solutions implementation in climate-sensitive urban design”, 22-26 Mar […]
Virtual Core Team workshop Monday, 8 June 2020 (restricted to Core Team members) Virtual Circular City workshops Workshop 1: Mo 29 Jun 2020, i.e. “the virtual Alexandroupolis workshop” Workshop 2: Tu 1 Sep 2020, i,e. “the virtual Wädenswil workshop “ Workshop 3: We 23 Sep 2020 Workshop 4: Fr 23 Oct 2020 i.e. “the virtual […]
Last year a team of innovators from Ukraine UNDP Accelerator Lab – decided to explore nature-base solutions possibilities in Ukraine. This exploration journey connected UNDP Ukraine and our COST Action. Together we run a very inspiring NBS event called the Community Safari in Kyiv. The idea of a safari event was to empower grassroots activists […]
The 3rd MC and working group meeting was held from 4th of March until 6th of March 2020 at Istanbul Aydin University. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak the number of participants was diminished and only 55 of the planned 90 persons attended. With the support of technology additional people could participate in the MC meeting […]
The role of NBS in urban planning As a result of the severe consequences of climate change, urban governments are challenged to deal with a vast array of emergency phenomena, ranging from urban heat islands, flooding, and treatment of waste-runoff waters to food provision and distribution. The Short-Term Scientific Mission (CA17133) by Federico Cuomo aims […]
The CA17133 core team took part in the stakeholder workshop on Circular Cities held by Impact Hub Zürich on January 28th 2020. The idea was to explore the opportunities to operationalize the Circular Economy framework in the context of Swiss cities. Dr. Günter Langergraber Action Chair and Johannes Kisser WG3 lead gave presentations and all […]
The CA17133 core team had a meeting at ZHAW facilities in Wädenswil Switzerland on January 27th and 28th. Main outcomes from the meeting are: All 39 COST countries are participating in the Action as well as six observers, in total 420 persons are taking direct part or following the Action. The Deliverables according to the […]
COST Action CA17133 is offering financial support to eligible applicants to carry out a Short Term Scientific Mission that will specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of this COST Action. STSMs facilitate scientists going to an institution or laboratory in another country to foster collaboration, to learn a new technique or to take measurements using instruments and/or methods […]
